Participating intensive care units of hospitals in the INABBRA alliance.

Detailed Description:

The use of CVC represents one of the major risk factors for sepsis, a highly prevalent disease in ICUs. Blood cultures obtained prior to antibiotic administration are part of the SSC Resuscitation Bundle and essential for the outcome of the patient. The CDC criteria to diagnose sepsis do not take into account the overall number of blood cultures obtained and thus, lead to an underestimation of the true incidence of sepsis. Up to now, few data is available on the total number of blood cultures obtained and the relation to the incidence of sepsis in German ICUs.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

Child, Adult, Senior

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

No

Sampling Method:

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients with bacteremia on intensive care units of different primary and secondary care hospitals in the region of Berlin-Brandenburg.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Intensive care units of hospitals in the INABBRA alliance.

Patients with bacteremia.

Exclusion Criteria:

Hospitals without intensive care unit.

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01388686